MBC’s Business Terrace Celebrates Workplace Wellbeing Award
Maidstone Borough Council’s (MBC’s) flexible workspace, The Business Terrace, has achieved the Kent & Medway Healthy Workplace programme bronze award and is urging other Maidstone business to join a virtual event to find out how they can do the same.…
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Chamber Keeps Virtual Networking Events
Virtual networking events run by Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce have proved so popular with attendees that the organisation has agreed to continue hosting the monthly sessions, even as lockdown restrictions ease and increased contact becomes possible. The new series of free monthly networking sessions will again be sponsored by law firm Furley Page. Each session offers a mix of virtual networking, digital…
Kent Fruit Specialist Cultivates Growth Plans With HSBC UK Support
Leading Kent fruit growing and processing specialist, Fourayes, has secured a six-figure HSBC UK Equipment Finance facility to support the purchase of innovative new peeling, coring and seed-celling machinery for processing English Bramley apples. The UK’s number one grower and…
£2.9M Further Grant For Business In Maidstone
Maidstone businesses that have suffered a significant reduction in income due to Covid and do not qualify for other financial support will be able to apply for a share of £2.9m discretionary government grant, which is open for applications until…
HSBC UK Launches £200M SME Fund To Support Businesses In Kent
HSBC UK has today launched a £200 million fund for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kent, part of a broader £15 billion lending fund to support SMEs across the UK, as part of its commitment to help British businesses…
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Free Brexit Advice For Kent Businesses
Kent County Council’s Trading Standards Officers are offering free specialist advice to local firms needing help to do business with the EU. The move to provide no-cost regulatory guidance to businesses via a dedicated advice line on 03333 602300 has…
Maidstone Businessman Transforms From Solopreneur To Thriving Team Amidst Pandemic
A Maidstone businessman has defied the challenges of lockdown to go from solopreneur to moving into his first office and recruiting his fifth team member in just two months after taking an office on Maidstone Borough Council’s (MBC) Business Terrace.…
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Rochester Apprentice Encourages Others To Pursue Their Career Through An Amazon Apprenticeship
An apprentice from Rochester is calling on local people and his fellow colleagues to pursue the career they have always wanted by applying now for one of over 1,000 new full-time Amazon apprenticeships available. Recruitment has started for 25 different…
FOUR KENT COMPANIES IN FINAL FOR NATIONAL BUSINESS AWARD
The Rural Business Awards, supported by Amazon, is the only UK-wide programme dedicated to showcasing the success of rural businesses. Kent’s businesses prepare for first ever virtual national final in first ever virtual event. Four Kent businesses are preparing to…
New Business Network and Support Launched To Boost Green Economy
A new green business mapping and pilot support programme has been launched for the South East. The Clean Growth South East programme is led by Kent County Council, with funding secured from the South East Local Enterprise Partnership’s Sector Support…
Lincad Manufactures Power System For Railway Information Desks
Lincad is pleased to announce that it has designed a mobile power system that will power interactive information desks, initially for use in train stations across the UK railway network. The Lincad team has worked with IDEAS, a British company…
Supreme Court Ruling Offers Lifeline For Thousands Of Kent Businesses
A landmark ruling by the Supreme Court was handed down which will present a lifeline to thousands of businesses affected by Covid-19 who will now be able to claim under their business interruption insurance policies for losses caused by the pandemic. Business interruption insurance covers policyholders for loss of income during periods when activity cannot be…
Evolve Estates Acquires Kent Convenience Retail Centre
Evolve Estates, the national commercial property investment company, has begun 2021 on a strong footing, acquiring Swanley Square retail centre in Sevenoaks, Kent. The company bought the 95,000 sq ft shopping parade from U+I on an off-market basis, for an…
New Northfleet Housing Development Gets The Green Light
Plans have been approved for the construction of 532 homes at a major new riverside development in Northfleet. The new collection of homes being built by Bellway Thames Gateway will be known as Harbour Village at Ebbsfleet Garden City and…
Furley Page Starts New Year With Raft Of Senior Promotions
Leading south east law firm Furley Page has announced the promotion of seven talented lawyers, building on the firm’s strong performance in 2020. Solicitors Rebecca Crane, Anna Joiner and Ross Rowland have been promoted from Associate to Senior Associate, while Rosie Eastwood, Sarah Woolnough, Jamie Bourne and Rupert Cox have all been made Associates. Rebecca…
IVECO Eurocargo and Daily Provide The Perfect Ingredients for Kent Frozen Foods
Kent Frozen Foods (KFF) has taken delivery of 31 new IVECOs – 13 Eurocargo and 18 Daily as it continues its 25-year relationship with the brand, which is expertly managed by partner Kent dealer, Haynes Trucks. The national food service…
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Maidstone Innovation Centre – Welcomes First Tenant
Construction work of the Maidstone Innovation Centre has continued at pace at the Kent Medical Campus. The building is on course to open next summer and Maidstone Borough Council has welcomed its first tenant CREATION.co – one of the world’s…
KENT BUSINESSES SHORTLISTED FOR NATIONAL BUSINESS AWARD
The Rural Business Awards, supported by Amazon, is the only UK-wide programme dedicated to showcasing the success of rural businesses Four companies from Kent are in the running to be named the best rural businesses in the UK after being…
Digitom Turns 10
Tunbridge Wells-based video production company Digitom has marked its tenth year by winning ‘Video Production Specialists of the Year’ in the South England Prestige Awards 2020 and ‘Best Video Production Company – Kent’ in the UK Enterprise Awards 2020. Digitom,…
Sevenoaks Company Holeshot PR Land Prestigious Segway Powersports And Kawasaki Contracts
Sevenoaks based comms agency Holeshot PR has had a double bonus recently, winning contracts to manage the PR and social media accounts for Segway Powersports and Kawasaki motorcycles. The motorcycle-automotive specialist agency fought off the competition of much larger companies,…
